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If she’s displeasing to[a] her master who selected her for himself,[b] he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreign people, because he has dealt unfairly[c] with her. If he has selected her for his son,[d] he is to treat her according to the ordinance for daughters. 10 If he takes another woman for himself, he may not withhold from the first[e] her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

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  1. Exodus 21:8 Lit. bad in the eyes of
  2. Exodus 21:8 I.e. as a secondary wife also called a mistress or concubine
  3. Exodus 21:8 Or treacherously
  4. Exodus 21:9 I.e. as a secondary wife also called a mistress or concubine
  5. Exodus 21:10 The Heb. lacks from the first